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Post by Ratty on Feb 13, 2021 15:29:00 GMT
I know humour is frowned upon in totalitarian regimes; here is FarceBook's fact checkers keeping me on the straight and narrow ...   |
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 13, 2021 18:17:25 GMT
Try another platform.
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Post by Ratty on Feb 13, 2021 19:10:44 GMT
Reminded me of this ....    Judy Rudd an amateur genealogy researcher in south east Queensland, was doing some personal work on her own family tree.
She discovered that ex-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Melbourne in 1889. Both Judy and Kevin Rudd share this common ancestor.
The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at the Melbourne Jail. On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this inscription:
‘Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Melbourne Jail 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Melbourne-Geelong train six times. Caught by Victoria Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.’
So Judy recently e-mailed ex-Prime Minister Rudd for information about their great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.
Believe it or not, Kevin Rudd’s staff sent back the following biographical sketch for her genealogy research:
“Remus Rudd was famous in Victoria during the mid to late 1800s. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Melbourne-Geelong Railroad.
Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad.
In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Victoria Police Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.”
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Post by nonentropic on Feb 13, 2021 19:21:44 GMT
That is a constructed tale, tell me it was.
I have got to the point where I actually believe that is possible.
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Post by Ratty on Feb 13, 2021 19:28:34 GMT
That is a constructed tale, tell me it was. I have got to the point where I actually believe that is possible.  |
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Post by Ratty on Feb 13, 2021 23:03:42 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 14, 2021 1:17:01 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Feb 14, 2021 6:16:58 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 15, 2021 14:22:31 GMT
From 'The Register' a thread about power sockets.....
"We had those modified plugs and sockets where the earth pin was a T shape, so cleaners couldn't use the regular sockets. Didn't stop new cleaners unplugging things occasionally only to find out they wouldn't fit, or enterprising IT staff wiring a regular power strip to a cleaner plug ;-)
Plus ça change, these days the cleaners unplug USB devices to charge their phones...
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 15, 2021 14:58:31 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 15, 2021 16:49:07 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Feb 16, 2021 14:37:34 GMT
An Irishman was walking home late at night and sees a woman in the dark shadows.
'Thirty quid,' she whispers.
Murphy had never been with a hooker before, but decides what the hell, it's only thirty quid.
So they hid in the bushes.
They're going 'at it' for a minute when all of a sudden a light flashes on them. It is the police.
'What's going on here?' asks the cop.
'I'm making love to me wife,' Paddy answers, sounding annoyed.
'Oh, I'm sorry,' says the cop, 'I didn't know.'
'Well, neidder did I, til ya shined that bloody light in her face!'
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Post by blustnmtn on Feb 16, 2021 14:45:22 GMT
Does this imply that it is OK to question the "Assembly Instructions" enclosed with all of the ChiCom crap we buy?
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 16, 2021 20:07:22 GMT
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Post by skidplate on Feb 17, 2021 1:18:51 GMT
I know this is off subject but if your like me you need an intermission from the BS news of the day. Have been following this young lady on U-tube for a while. Always brings a smile to my face to watch her play. Hope it does yours! m.youtube.com/watch?v=qds6sr2kliw |
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